Top Chef: Let’s just try to digest this
So, was anyone really seeing this coming? Because I sure as hell wasn’t.
Wednesday’s Top Chef had a change of venue from the sunny beaches of Miami to the black-is-white, up-is-down world of Bizarroville. Not only did the judges give walking papers to Tre, but Sara M. (who seemed to me to be the next logical choice to go, seeing as how she hadn’t scored a win yet) walked away with the victory!
From the beginning, I pretty much assumed Tre would be in the finale. He has won three elimination challenges and seemed to be regarded as the most talented chef, as evidenced by his #1 draft pick status when C.J. chose teams (<—sports reference! Lookit me!).
I’m sure that when Tre got the axe, most people thought the same thing: they just let go their most talented chef, and the guy who has misfired the least of all the contestants. It seemed like a travesty that less consistent contestants (Casey; Howie and Hung, even they were on the winning team) remained while Tre was let go. However, Judge Gail (who wasn’t on the episode, but should be coming back soon) makes a convincing case for the judging process on her Bravo blog. It’s worth a read.
This does, however, blow the competition wide open. Before, I figured it as a competition of who would face Tre in the finals. Now, who knows? Just goes to show that if he could get cut now, anyone is vulnerable in any episode.
In other news, I found myself rooting for Team Sara despite the fact that it included the two chefs I wouldn’t mind seeing go home (Hung and Howie). I think I probably rooted for the team because it had Dale, who is fast becoming my favorite contestant. He seems funny and nice and he totally called out Madonna’s brother as being a jackass, which could get him disemboweled in certain gay bars.
So, now that the numbers are getting smaller, here’s a survey…
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